Comment & Opinion

Should US force out Venezuela’s dictator?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Nov 21, 2025
The United States is gearing up for what could be a major military operation with the ultimate objective: regime change in Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro i...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene or Trump: Who gets MAGA in the divorce?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By PATRICIA MURPHY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
Nov 21, 2025
ATLANTA (TNS) — When President Donald Trump was booked and fingerprinted at the Fulton County Jail in 2023, there was just one elected official there ...
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The highs, lows of the new Pennsylvania budget
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ANDREW LEWIS Real Clear Pennsylvania 
Nov 21, 2025
After a four-month impasse, Pennsylvania lawmakers finally delivered the 2025-26 state budget. The newly minted spending plan offers some meaningful p...
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The sorry Epstein saga moves forward
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Nov 20, 2025
With pressure mounting, the House and the Senate this week passed legislation mandating the release of a slew of government documents involving financ...
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Pa.’s 2026 legislative battle begins to take shape
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By FORD TURNER  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Nov 20, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Whether to attempt the big leap from private life to state representative has become a pressing question for aspiring lawmakers, as...
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Winning the rural vote in Pa.
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MATT ZUPON RealClearPennsylvania 
Nov 20, 2025
Ronald Reagan once joked, “A Republican candidate was out giving a speech to a group of farmers. He was standing on the bed of a manure spreader, and ...
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The staying power of John Fetterman
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Nov 19, 2025
Editor's note: This is the third and final installment of Oliver Bateman's lengthy op-ed on Pennsylvania's Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat who is ofte...
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Mamdani allies get public funding
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Nov 18, 2025
A nonprofit previously led by antisemitic activist Linda Sarsour received over $4.1 million of public funding from 2017 to 2024, according to public r...
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Shutdown just latest battle in Democrats’ long war
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Nov 18, 2025
The Democrats never miss a beat. The moment their effort to blame Trump for the government shutdown went poof, they resurrected Jeffrey Epstein to sug...
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Fetterman’s memoir tries to beef up case for Fettermania
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Nov 18, 2025
PITTSBURGH — Hulking Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s memoir is equal parts confession, campaign text, and brand maintenance. It beefs up the p...
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Be leery of AI in the classroom
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Nov 17, 2025
America's schools need to develop intelligence in the classroom. It’s just not likely to come from AI. The artificial intelligence revolution is here,...
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Other Voices: Give to WPSU
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Nov 17, 2025
As Penn State refocuses on its core educational mission, WPSU faces an important crossroads. The financial challenges that have affected so many insti...
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Is customer service a thing of the past?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Nov 14, 2025
Does the world today make you feel like you are endlessly riding a roller coaster with no way to get off? I've never been a roller coaster fan. I like...
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Democrats made their point
Comment & Opinion
Nov 14, 2025
Sorry to all the liberal pundits and progressive Democrats who have been excoriating the eight senators who cut a deal with Republicans to end the gov...
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The scandal you’ve never heard of
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Nov 14, 2025
There’s significant evidence that the Biden administration engaged in a scandal on par with Watergate. Democrats hope you don’t notice. At the end of ...
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Want to buy a home? It’s OK to wait till you’re 40
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 14, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — If owning a home is still the American dream, then it is increasingly out of reach for many young Americans. The average age of a fir...
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Take tariff rebate check and shove it
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Nov 13, 2025
DETROIT (TNS) — I don't want the $2,000 rebate check Donald Trump is floating to share the plunder from the tariffs he's imposed on America's trading ...
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